Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks (BSCI), Routing Principles

Building
Scalable Cisco
Internetworks
(BSCI)

Routing Principles
THE CCNP EXAM TOPICS COVERED IN THIS
CHAPTER INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:


Understand how routers route data.


Know the difference between classful and classless routing.


Know how link-state routing protocols operate.


Know the difference between distance-vector and link-state
routing protocols.
In this chapter, you will learn the fundamentals of what is required
to move a packet, or route a packet, across an internetwork. This
chapter gives you an overview of the fundamentals of routing and
the factors that affect routing. It also takes a look at how distance-vector routing protocols stack
up to link-state routing protocols.
This is an important chapter that will provide you with a solid understanding of the covered
topics before attempting the more advanced topics covered later in this book. As in sports, if you
don’t know the fundamentals of how to play the game, you will never be able to attain the level of
excellence you could have if you had learned the fundamentals. With that in mind, let’s get started!